Cigar-bunching machine



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J. M. MONTGOMERY.

CIGAR BUNOHING MACHINE.

' Wnaourea UNITED STATES d a N JAMES M. MONTGOMERY, OF KINGSTON, NE\VYORK.

CI GAR-BUNCHING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 387,098, dated July 31,1888.;

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Bcit known that I, JAMES M. MONTGOMERY, a citizen ofthe UnitedStates,residing at Kingston, in the county of Ulster and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCigar-Bunching Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame. I

This invention relates to that class of cigarmachines which are used forbunching or forming the tillers of cigars, the object being to im provethe feeding mechanism, so that the dis charge of tobacco from the hopperto the drum below and from the drum shall be regular and in uniformquantities, and all clogging or hanging of tobaccoscraps will beavoided.

The improvements are applicable to machines such as that for whichLetters Patent No. 345, 614 were issued July 13, 1886, to which LettersPatent reference is made.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation,partly in section, showing myimprovements applied to a cigarbunchingmachine. Fig. 2 is a detached view of the pushing device, which isplaced within the hopper. Fig. 3 is a plan illustrating certain details.

A designates the hopper, from which the tobacco passes into the drum B,within which is an intermittingly-rotative feedingdisk (indicated by ain Fig. 1) on a vertical shaft, 0. W'ithin the hopper, and restingloosely against the rear side thereof, is placed a pusher, D, which isconstructed, preferably, in the form shown, conforming somewhat to thehopper and tapering downward, with its lower end extending a shortdistance through the passage from the hopper to the drum B. The lowerpart of the pusher is provided with angular ribs 1) to lift up anysurplus of scraps that may accumulate at the narrow passage from thehopper to the drum, letting it fall of its own gravity, thus keeping auniform quantity in the drum and rendering the passage thereto regularand uninterrupted.

The pusher D is connected with the operating mechanism of the machine,so as to give it a slight sliding movement up and down, for the purposeabove mentioned. The back of the pusher board or plate is provided withloops or eyes 0 and c, which project through a slot, d, in the casingofthe hopper. A cord, 6, is attached to the upper loop, 0, and is passedupward over pulleysf and f and secured to a curved bar, 9, which 'ispivoted to the frame of the machine, and is sustained by springs h. Tothe lower loop, 0, is secured an eiastic piece or spring, 2', the lowerend of which is connected with the casing at It.

On the driving-shaft E is fixed an arm, in, which, as the shaft rotates,impinges against the pivoted bar 9, causing at intervals a depressingmovement of said bar, which slightly raises the pusher D, which is thenreturned downward by the contraction of the spring The movement of thepusher, with its lower end working in the passage 12 from the hopper tothe drum, prevents the accumulation of scraps or particles of tobacco atthat point and keeps the passage open.

On the driving-shaft E is a pulley-wheel, F, from which motion isimparted, by means of an endless belt, chain, or otherwise, to a shaft,E, or to a wheel, F, thereon, said wheel F having a fixed pin, 1),extending from its inner side, as shown.

The vertical shaft 0 has secured thereto, at or near its upperextremity, a beveled gear wheel, r. Another beveled gear, r, isconnected wit-h a tube, q, which carries the stirrers t, the shaft 0passing through said tube. Motion is imparted to the gear-wheel r fromwheel r by means of a beveled gear, 0, which engages with both of saidwheels, as shown. The gear-wheel 0 is loose on a shaft, 0, theinner endof which is loosely connected with the shaft 0, the outer end of theshaft 0 being free, but being prevented from moving too far laterallyduring operation by a post or standard of the frame of the machine.

A rod, 8, is loosely connected at one end with the shaft 0', the otherend of the rod resting on a support, 3, projecting from the hopper. Thefree end of rod 8 is thus held in position to be caught by the fixed pin1), which projects from the inner side of the wheel F, the said pincoming in contact with the end of the red as the said wheel revolves.

WVhen the pin p comes in contact with the end of rod s,the end of therod is lifted, and the rod is pushed lengthwise, pressing shaft 0' fromits usual position, as indicated at a: in Fig. 1 and at z in Fig. 3, theeffect of which is to cause, by friction between the beveled Wheels onthe shafts G and 0, a slight check on the movementof shaftG anda slightbackward movement of the feeding-disk, by Which any scraps or particleswhich may accumulate about the dischargeopening of the drum aredislodged and removed therefrom, and said opening is kept free fromobstruction. The rod 3, being released from the pin 13 as the wheel Frevolves, falls to its rest 3', and the shaft 0 automatically resumesits former position.

I claim- 1. In a cigar-bunching machine, the combination, with thehopper having a slot, d, and provided with pulleysff, ofa pusher, D,provided with a' retracting spring, 2', a bar or rod pivoted to theframe of the machine and con- 20 nected by a cord with the pusher, and arotary shaft provided with an arm, m, substantially as and for thepurposes described.

2. In a cigar-bunching machine, the combination, with vertical shaft (J,provided with beveled wheel a", and wheel 1", connected with stirringdevices, of the'shaft 0, with beveled wheel 0, rod 8, loosely connectedwith shaft 0, a fixed support for said rod, wheel F, provided with apimp, and a rotary shafthaving connection with the shaft of wheel F,substantially as and for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

JAMES M. MONTGOMERY.

\Vitnesses:

J. M. SOHAEFFER, F. A. WATERS.

